American Civil War graves, Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

A war grave is a place where war dead are buried. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, is an American military cemetery located in Saint Louis County Missouri, just on the banks of the Mississippi River. War is an international relations Dispute, characterized by organized Violence between National Military units It may contain either a combatant or a civilian. Although the victim does not need to die directly from enemy action, the main reason for calling a grave a war grave is that the death occurred as a result of active service by the victim or by military operations. For example, in the Crimean War more troops died of disease than as a result of enemy action. The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Eastern War (Восточная война Vostochnaya Vojna) (March 1854–February 1856 was fought A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly Another example is site of the sunken HMHS Britannic, a hospital ship in the First World War. History Post- Titanic design changes Following the loss of the Titanic and the subsequent enquiries several design changes were made to the remaining World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

German WWI war grave on the east front.

A common difference between cemeteries of war graves and those of civilian, peacetime graves is the uniformity of those interred. A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. A grave is a place where a dead body (usually a human although sometimes an animal is buried They generally died during a relatively short period, in a small geographic area and consist of young men often from the few military units involved.

In the United Kingdom, sixteen ship wrecks and all underwater military aircraft are also designated war graves, which under the Military Remains Act 1986 imposes restrictions on their exploration and marine salvage. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A shipwreck can refer to a wrecked ship or to the event that caused the wreck such as the striking of something that causes the ship to sink the stranding of the ship on rocks Underwater is a term describing the realm below the surface of Water where the water exists in a natural feature (called a body of water) such as an Ocean The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (1986 c 35 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which provides protection for the wreckage of military aircraft Marine salvage is the process of rescuing a ship its cargo and sometimes the crew from peril

Rupert Brooke's poem, The Soldier - "If I should die, think only this of me: / That there's some corner of a foreign field / That is for ever England", is a patriotic poem about the possibility of dying abroad during a war. Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as Chaucer) was an English Poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World The Soldier is a poem written by Rupert Brooke. The poem is actually the fifth of a series of poems entitled 1914. Brooke is himself buried in a war grave on Skyros in the Aegean Sea, having died whilst en route to fight in the Gallipoli Campaign. Skyros (Σκύρος is the southernmost Island of the Sporades, a Greek archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean.

The British War Memorial Project, founded in 2001, aims to create an archive of names and photographs of all Commonwealth military graves and memorials from 1914 to the present day. The British War Memorial Project is an internet project founded in 2001 to photograph and make available an archive of British war memorials and war graves all over the world and currently

See also

• Burial at sea
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• National cemetery
• The Unknown Warrior
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• War memorial
• Wreck diving

Sources

• Major and Mrs Holt's battlefield guide to the Ypres Salient ISBN 0-85052-551-9

This military article is a stub. Burial at sea describes the procedure of disposing of human remains in the ocean normally from a ship or boat The Commonwealth War Graves Commission ( CWGC) is a joint governmental organisation responsible for marking and maintaining the graves of members of the Commonwealth 4 Fort Snelling Looking SouthwestJPG|thumb|200px| Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis Minnesota]]" United States National Cemetery " is a designation for 139 The British tomb of The Unknown Warrior holds an unidentified British soldier killed on a European battlefield during World War I. Throughout history many Soldiers have died in wars without their remains being identified A war memorial is a building monument statue or other edifice to celebrate a War or victory or (predominating in modern times to commemorate those who died or were injured Wreck diving is a type of Recreational diving where Shipwrecks are explored A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.